Living with purpose may protect your brain from dementia
Research into Blue Zones — regions of the world where people tend to live longer — shows that having a sense of purpose in life may help people live longer.…
Is the air you breathe silently fueling dementia? A 29-million-person study says yes
An analysis of studies incorporating data from almost 30 million people has highlighted the role that air pollution – including that coming from car exhaust emissions – plays in increased…
Cough medicine turned brain protector? Ambroxol may slow Parkinson’s dementia
Dementia poses a major health challenge with no safe, affordable treatments to slow its progression. Researchers at Lawson Research Institute (Lawson), the research arm of St. Joseph’s Health Care London,…
Common gene variant doubles dementia risk for men
New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to women. The research, published in Neurology,…
How do age, sex, hormones and genetics affect dementia biomarkers in the blood?
A new study has found important clues about the roles age, sex, hormonal changes and genetics play in how certain biomarkers for dementia are expressed in the blood, according to…
Anti-amyloid drug shows signs of preventing Alzheimer’s dementia
An experimental drug appears to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s-related dementia in people destined to develop the disease in their 30s, 40s or 50s, according to the results of a…
Exercise improves brain function, possibly reducing dementia risk
A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting…
Higher levels of leptin indicate brain protection against late-life dementia
New research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body weight, is associated with better signal-transmitting brain white matter in…
New metric for blood circulation in brain to better understand dementia
Each time the heart beats, it pumps blood through the brain vessels, causing them to expand slightly and then relax, much like the rise and fall of the blood pulsing…
Language barriers could contribute to higher aggression in people with dementia
Immigrants living with dementia were more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts, a new study by Edith Cowan University (ECU) in collaboration with The…